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Synonyms for bore

36 synonyms
9 antonyms
5 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

tidal bore eagre eager aegir artesian well borehole gauge plague

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Tidal bore

tidal bore, eagre, eager, aegir

2. Artesian well — A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water

artesian well, borehole, artesian bore

3. Caliber

caliber US, calibre UK, gauge

4. Plague

plague, annoyance, drag, bother, worry, trouble, pain, nuisance, pester, vexation, annoy, vex

Other

perforation, wave, dullard, proser, beigist

Verb

1. Drill

drill, pierce, perforate, penetrate, punch

Other

tire US, tyre UK, weary, fatigue

Antonyms

allure, thrillsville, beguile

All antonyms of bore →

Definitions

n. 1
A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.
n. 2
A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
n. 3
The diameter of such a hole.
v. 1
To inspire boredom in somebody.
Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.

Related words

Word family: borer borefest borehole boreism boring
Phrases: tidal bore bore out artesian bore

Forms

Plural: bores → eagres, eagers, aegirs, boreholes…
Past participle: bored
e.g. bored → drilled, pierced, perforated, penetrated…

Example sentences

eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
dullard You're not very bright. You're actually quite a dullard.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bore		steady
eager		rising
eagre		steady
dullard		rising
proser		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: vex¹
4 letters: pain¹, wave¹, drag¹, tire², tyre¹
5 letters: worry², punch¹, drill¹, eager², gauge¹, weary², annoy², aegir, eagre
6 letters: bother², plague¹, pierce¹, pester², proser
7 letters: trouble², fatigue², caliber³, calibre, dullard, beigist
8 letters: nuisance², borehole, vexation
9 letters: penetrate³, annoyance³, perforate³
11 letters: perforation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tire² = 2 syllables).